The wind and rain outside, Jiang Li sensed, but not to the extent of disturbing him.

He has been on the Imperial City Xuan Yuan Platform for the past two days, to establish the next step of his cultivation technique.

The name Xuanyuan Platform is recorded in ancient books, and it is said to be the place where the Yellow Emperor met immortals. According to the Ji Family's records, the Yellow Emperor created the "Form Tomb" on the Xuanyuan Platform.

As a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, naturally, the Imperial City of Great Zhou cannot be without the Xuanyuan Platform. From the Grand Ancestor onwards, emperors of each generation have practiced cultivation on the Xuanyuan Platform, leaving behind deep or shallow traces of divine intent.

It is said that after an emperor inherits the Dao Fruit, they will retreat on the Xuanyuan Platform to integrate the cultivation insights left by past emperors in their Dao Fruits.

Although Jiang Li has not embraced the Emperor Dao Fruit, it does not prevent him from touching a bit of the divine intent here and comprehending the "Form Tomb" technique.

The "Emperor's Ultimate World" he is creating is envisioned to have five chapters, divided into Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, Taisu, and Taiji, collectively called the "Five Primordial Elements."

The Five Primordial Elements are not independent; they are the five stages from nothingness to existence of the universe. Taichu inherently follows Taiyi, Taishi inherently follows Taichu, and they evolve sequentially according to the order of the Five Supremes.

And Jiang Li aims to trace the commonality of the Five Supremes, reverse the innate, and push back all the way to Taiyi, to become the beginning of it all.

The first chapter, Taiji, in the Emperor's Five Chapters, Jiang Li has already mastered. Taiji's transformation gives birth to all things; Jiang Li combines the life and death of all things, transforms one into Taiji, and now aims to further reverse it.

Before Taiji, there is Taisu.

The difference between Taisu and Taiji lies in "form"; Taisu has form and quality but no body, is primordial material, essentially having no structure or internal distinction, simple in nature, pure in unity.

Studying this method involves refining everything within oneself into one, aligning with the "refining" of "Qi Tomb," but to go beyond "form," one must delve into "Form Tomb."

Moreover, Taisu without body, having no fixed form, can transform into any shape, regardless of life and death, and likely needs to integrate the transformation divine skills of the Eight-Nine Profound Skill into it.

Therefore, Jiang Li came to the Xuanyuan Platform to retreat.

'Back then, I was possessed by the power of the heavens, evolving to the state of Taisu by the power of Cangtian. Although unable to retain the realm, the insights of that time were fully recorded in the Karma Collection. The skills of Taisu are not without a trace.'

Talismans appeared in the acupoints of his body, microscopic and detailed, breaking down into Yin Yang Yoke, gradually permeating every inch of muscle and flesh.

The act of unification, Jiang Li had already begun, initially integrating Essence, Qi, and Spirit. But Jiang Li's Three Elements Combined was to intersect three types of powers, using divine skills as a hub for free conversion, whereas now Jiang Li aims to merge the Three Elements into a new kind of power.

From then on, no more Essence, Qi, and Spirit, only one, known as Taisu.

'The number three in Taisu, with three filled, Yi emerges, heaven and earth give birth to man and woman, known as the Three Talents. Man and woman are human, heaven, earth, and human Three Talents integrate, essentially merging Taiji into one, and the human body also has Three Talents, i.e., Essence, Qi, and Spirit.'

Yin Yang Yoke merges with flesh and blood, spirit and qi integrate with the micro-particles of flesh and blood through Yin Yang Yoke, transitioning from existing in acupoints to existing in all micro-particles.

Since Jiang Li is well-versed in "Form Tomb" and the Eight-Nine Profound Skill, he can freely convert the Three Elements, even transform into a body purely of qi or spirit, making this step quite familiar and not difficult.

But what if the Three Elements transform into Taixu Qi?

Although Yin Yang Yoke gradually spreads throughout the body, Three Elements Combined, Jiang Li feels no special change.

Just missing a little bit.

Jiang Li frowned, deep in thought, then suddenly raised his hand, and a Jade Seal appeared on his palm.

At the same time, a Great Circle Sword manifested on Jiang Li's knee.

He placed the Jade Seal over the Great Circle Sword, merging the Emperor Dao Fruit within it into the Great Circle Sword, turning it into a Dao Artifact.

Then, Jiang Li communicated with the Great Circle Sword using Three-Phases Transformation, employing the Dao Artifact to utilize the power of the Dao Fruit. Since he already resonated with the Emperor Dao Fruit, it's natural for him to use the Dao Artifact containing the Emperor Dao Fruit freely.

Being mainly utilitarian, the [Oral Heavenly Constitution] is the only ability this Dao Artifact can unleash.

Since the Dao Fruit is not borne by the main body, the divine skills in the Dao Artifact will be degraded, but with sufficient power support, it may forcibly elevate its power.

Therefore······

"I say——"

Jiang Li gently opened his mouth, every word as heavy as ten thousand pounds, uttering with difficulty.

He looked at his left hand and said, "Three Elements merge into Taisu."

"Boom!"

The Primordial Qi within his body gushed like a flood, transforming into an enigmatic force, stirring the cause and effect, causing the Three Elements in his left hand to merge in a coincidental way and undergo metamorphosis.

[Oral Heavenly Constitution] coincidentally revealed the method to merge the Three Elements to Jiang Li, at the same time confirming Jiang Li's concept was not wrong.

If the Three Elements cannot merge, even [Oral Heavenly Constitution] cannot make it succeed.

Jiang Li's left hand became blurred, as if covered with a mosaic, with the original structure of the palm disappearing, replaced by a very subtle feeling. It was as if the palm turned into water, with flesh, blood, and bones becoming the same substance, but without losing functionality, rather becoming more dexterous.

As the Primordial Qi within him poured out, Jiang Li could feel his palm still transforming, the mosaic deepening, spreading from his palm to his wrist.

Then, the transformation abruptly stopped.

Because the Primordial Qi drained too fast, with consumption escalating with the depth of change, to the extent that it couldn't be replenished even by [One-foot Hammer].

Forcefully using the Dao Artifact to perform [Oral Heavenly Constitution] was too difficult, not only did the divine skills degrade, but the consumption itself also doubled.

Jiang Li frowned, stopped the divine skills, the consumption halted, and power quickly recovered.

He was about to transform again, but when the words reached his lips, Jiang Li paused.

'With my current ability, I can only handle the amount of Taixu Qi in one hand, more would lead to loss of control. After all, it's progression obtained by shortcut.'

Jiang Li hasn't truly comprehended the transformation from Taiji to Taisu, but rather achieved it by shortcut, making his control quite strained.

Having form and quality but no body, this is too dangerous for things born of Taiji.

Moreover, this is just the Three Elements Combined, Jiang Li has yet to integrate the All Heaven Divine Sha, his Taiji reversal is not truly complete.

Thinking of this, Jiang Li inadvertently recalled the insights of the Eight-Nine Profound Skill he gained from Yang Jian's Dao Fruit, hoping to find an answer there. Unfortunately, although Yang Jian's realm was profound, Jiang Li was not walking the same path.

His understanding of the Eight-Nine Profound Skill may not suit the current Jiang Li.

If Jiang Li followed Yang Jian's path, becoming a mini Yang Jian, he could fully apply Yang Jian's cultivation insights, but unfortunately, Jiang Li's ambitions were vast, trying to unify various techniques, shapes, and qi, so Yang Jian's insights could only serve as a means of analogy.

'And in "Form Tomb," I could find like-minded people to discuss, but now Ghost Gate is blocked, I can't contact Master and Senior Sister, leaving me with only······'

The current most profound person in "Form Tomb" on his side is not actually Tianxuan, but the Primordial Lord Rain Master who transformed from the Yinglong Dharma Body to the Yinglong True Body.

She experienced great destruction and reconstruction, her Yinglong Dharma Body perished and transformed from human to Yinglong.

This fundamental transformation is deeper than the transformation of dharma body in "Form Tomb" or changes in the Eight-Nine Profound Skill, coinciding with the kind of transformation Jiang Li needs to undergo right now.

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